and with widespread deliberate mu ##tila ##tion of public sculpture . this hiatus in activity at ti ##kal was long une ##x ##pl ##aine ##d until later ep ##ig ##raphic dec ##ip ##her ##ments identified that the period was prompted by ti ##kal ' s comprehensive defeat at the hands of cal ##ak ##mu ##l and the cara ##col pol ##ity in ad 56 ##2 , a defeat that seems to have resulted in the capture and sacrifice of the king of ti ##kal . the badly eroded altar 21 at cara ##col described how ti ##kal suffered this disastrous defeat in a major war in april 56 ##2 . it seems that cara ##col was an ally of cal ##ak ##mu ##l in the wider conflict between
and with widespread deliberate mutilation of public sculpture. this hiatus in activity at tikal was long unexplained until later epigraphic decipherments identified that the period was prompted by tikal's comprehensive defeat at the hands of calakmul and the caracol polity in ad 562, a defeat that seems to have resulted in the capture and sacrifice of the king of tikal. the badly eroded altar 21 at caracol described how tikal suffered this disastrous defeat in a major war in april 562. it seems that caracol was an ally of calakmul in the wider conflict between